September 2026
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Shanghai’d
The first time I heard of the expulsion of hundreds of Chinese Seamen from Liverpool following WW2, I knew I wanted to write about it. My novel Shanghai’d will be published by Northodox Press this week, it is a story that spans generations and continents as we follow families who to this day search for… Continue reading
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The Emigrant’s Story
Sculpture by Bruno Catalano Jack Byrne told David Hennessy about his Liverpool Mysteries series of books that look at Irish immigration to Liverpool including anti- Irish sentiment and sectarianism. We shouldn’t have a romantic idea of this city that could not have St Patrick’s parades between 70s and 1990s. Author Jack Byrne explores Liverpool’s unique… Continue reading
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‘Ballykissangel’ and ‘The Meetings’ deep in the Garden of Ireland
Drawn by William Henry Bartlett and engraved by J.C. Bentley. My dad who was from Wicklow, once told me in Liverpool that one of his favourite places in Ireland was ‘The Meeting of the Waters.’ Since my dad rarely spoke of Ireland, this was memorable, and certainly the phrase ‘meeting of the waters’ has its… Continue reading
About Me
Thanks for visiting my page. The aim of this page is to let you know what I am working on and allow you to tell me what you think.
I was born and raised in Speke Liverpool, although my parents first lived ‘Under The Bridge’ in Garston, and all my family goes back to Wicklow in Ireland.
The Liverpool Mystery series will be four novels, three books; Under The Bridge, The Morning After, and Fire Next Time are finished. Under The Bridge will be published in Feb 2021 and I hope at least one more will follow later in the year. I am writing The Wicklow Boys now, and I hope to finish it next year.
My writing like my blog is about the lives of working people and how they relate to society as a whole.
My collection of short stories The One Road is available below click to see details.
